1983 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Mackovic (6-10)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1983 Kansas City Chiefs Roster
1983 Kansas City Chiefs Results

The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

Kansas City racked up 386 points, while the defensive squad conceded 367. Bill Kenney led the charge, slinging for 4,348 yards. Carlos Carson grabbed 80 passes for 1,351 yards.

Billy Jackson carried the ball for a team-leading 499 yards for the Chiefs, and Theotis Brown also aided the ground game.

The ball-hawking defense created 51 turnovers. Deron Cherry picked off 7 opponent throws. Mike Bell topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.

John Mackovic coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bill Kenney	603	346	57.4	4348	7.2	24	4.0	18	3.0	53	41	284	80.8
Todd Blackledge	34	20	58.8	259	7.6	3	8.8	0	0.0	43	4	50	112.3
Carlos Carson	1	1	100.0	48	48.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	48	0	0	158.3
Jewerl Thomas	2	1	50.0	18	9.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	18	0	0	81.3
Theotis Brown	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	0	0	112.5
Henry Marshall	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	9	0.0
Totals	641	369	57.6	4684	7.3	29	4.5	19	3.0	53	46	343

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Jackson	152	499	3.3	19	2
Theotis Brown	124	467	3.8	49	8
Jewerl Thomas	44	115	2.6	11	0
Bill Kenney	23	59	2.6	11	3
Ken Thomas	15	55	3.7	28	0
Lawrence Ricks	21	28	1.3	10	0
Carlos Carson	2	20	10.0	18	0
James Hadnot	4	10	2.5	7	0
Willie Scott	1	1	1.0	1	0
Todd Blackledge	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	387	1254	3.2	49	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carlos Carson	80	1351	16.9	50	7
Henry Marshall	50	788	15.8	52	6
Theotis Brown	47	418	8.9	53	2
Anthony Hancock	37	584	15.8	50	1
Billy Jackson	32	243	7.6	29	0
Stephone Paige	30	528	17.6	43	6
Willie Scott	29	247	8.5	22	6
Ken Thomas	28	236	8.4	25	1
Ed Beckman	13	130	10.0	20	0
Jewerl Thomas	10	51	5.1	9	0
J.T. Smith	7	85	12.1	18	0
Lawrence Ricks	3	5	1.7	7	0
James Hadnot	2	18	9.0	16	0
Bill Kenney	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	369	4684	12.7	53	29

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Nick Lowery	45	44	97.8	30	24	80.0	116
Totals	45	44	97.8	30	24	80.0	116

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Arnold	93	3710	39.9	64
Totals	93	3710	39.9	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
J.T. Smith	26	210	8.1	19
Anthony Hancock	14	81	5.8	18
Totals	40	291	7.3	19

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Anthony Hancock	29	515	17.8	33
Theotis Brown	15	301	20.1	46
Deron Cherry	2	54	27.0	31
Durwood Roquemore	3	36	12.0	13
Carlos Carson	1	12	12.0	12
Ken Thomas	1	6	6.0	6
J.T. Smith	1	5	5.0	5
Calvin Daniels	1	0	0.0	0
Dave Lindstrom	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	54	929	17.2	46

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deron Cherry	7	100	14.3	41	0
Gary Green	6	59	9.8	25	0
Durwood Roquemore	4	117	29.2	42	1
Lloyd Burruss	4	46	11.5	27	0
Albert Lewis	4	42	10.5	34	0
Lucious Smith	3	99	33.0	58	1
Trent Bryant	1	19	19.0	19	0
Steve Potter	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	30	482	16.1	58	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mike Bell	10.0
Dino Mangiero	5.0
Art Still	4.0
Charles Jackson	4.0
Gary Spani	3.0
Calvin Daniels	2.0
Ken Kremer	2.0
Deron Cherry	1.5
Tom Howard	1.0
Dave Lindstrom	1.0
Lloyd Burruss	0.5
Totals	34.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Albert Lewis	36	36	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bill Kenney					7	4	0
Charles Jackson					0	4	47	1
Lloyd Burruss				0	0	2	26	0
Billy Jackson					3	2	0
Gary Green				0	0	2	0	0
Deron Cherry				0	2	2	4	0
Dean Prater					0	1	0	0
Stephone Paige					1	1	0
Calvin Daniels					0	1	0	0
Gary Spani					0	1	5	0
Art Still					0	1	0	0
Lucious Smith				0	0	1	0
Louis Haynes					0	1	0	0
Mike Bell					0	1	0	0
Dino Mangiero					0	1	32	0
Jewerl Thomas					4	1	0	0
Bob Rush					2	1	0	0
Ken Thomas					2	1	0
Ken Kremer					0	1	0	0
Lawrence Ricks					1	0	0	0
Anthony Hancock					2	0	0
Carlos Carson					2	0	0
Theotis Brown					3	0	0
Todd Blackledge					1	0	0	0
Ed Beckman					1	0	0	0
Totals	36	36	0	0	31	31	114	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Nick Lowery									24	44	0			116
Theotis Brown	8	2		0					0	0	0			60
Carlos Carson	0	7		0					0	0	0			42
Stephone Paige		6							0	0	0			36
Henry Marshall		6							0	0	0			36
Willie Scott	0	6							0	0	0			36
Bill Kenney	3	0							0	0	0			18
Billy Jackson	2	0							0	0	0			12
Charles Jackson							1		0	0	0			6
Anthony Hancock		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Durwood Roquemore				0		1			0	0	0			6
Ken Thomas	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Lucious Smith						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	13	29	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	44	0	0	0	386